Improved washing and wringing-machine



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oRIN'sK'EEL, or WINsLfow, ILLINOIS.

Leners Patent No. 94,848, dazed samba 14, 1869.

v IMPROVED WASHING lAND' WRINGINGMA`CHINE.

' Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom t'tmlay concern f Be it known that I,"0R IN SKEEL, of Winslow, in the countyof Stephenson,'and State of- Illinois, have inventedanew and improved Washing and Wrin ging- Machine; and I do herebV declareA that the following "is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying f-drawings, forming part of this specification.v

`This invention relates to improvements in washingymachines, having 'for its object to provide a simple and efficient machine, and a wringing-attachment thereto.4

The improvement comprisesv an arrangement of" grooved rubbing-rollers. on a spiing-bedin the bot- `tom of the tub; also, in conjunction therewith, an arrangement of grooved rollers, on a hinged frame, above theirst-mentioned rollers, between which two sets the. clothes are draavn back upper rollers, first onevway andl then they other, by' means of a crank and suitable connecting-gears.

The said improvement also comprises a wringingmattachment to the hinged frame, and an arrangement 4whereby it is operated `by the same crank that works the grooved rollers.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved machiue;-and

" Figure 2 represents a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding y parts. l

A represents the tub, and B `a frame therein, resting on springs 0, and supporting two or more grooved rollers, D, horizontally across the said frame, and a l littlehigher than the table E, at each end'ofthe said' frame. l

F represents a frame, hingedat Ito arms rising up from the end of' the tub, and arranged for its freel end to Work up and down between the posts ofthe vertical frame G, near the opposite end of the tub.

and forth, by turning thea This frame G is provided with a winding drum, H, crank K, cord M,'-and ratchet L. The cord is-connected to thefree endof theframe F. The latter supports two or more groved rollers N, in a position to work in conjunction with the rollers D, on the clothes placed between them.

The said `rollers N are provided with gear-Wheels, gearing with a wheel on the crank-shaft O, working in an opening through' the table'P, of the frame F, and provided with a wringing-roller, R. l

S is another wringing-roller, arranged in bearings on the adjustable springsT, iixed on the top of the frame F,`and provided with adj usting-screws U.

V represents a grooved board at the end ofthe tub, for convenience in washing by hand, when required.

The' frame F is raised, for the insertion of' the clothes between Vtherollers 'D and N, by the. crank K, cord, and drum, and` is held up, ratchet and pawl.

When operating on the clothes, the Wholeweight of the frame F and rollers may be let down upon the -clothes .by disconnecting the pawl, or -a part of the weight may be suspended by the pawl-cord, and drum and ratchet,v by turning the crank,

Having thus described my invention, I Aclaim as new, and desire to 'secures by Letters Patent- The combination of the tub,'the spring-supported frame E, rollers D, hinged frame F, andthe rollers N, when arranged with the shaft of the` driving-gear for the rollers N, and the table P, of the wringerroller R and the rollerS, supported in adjustable springbearings T, al1 substantially as specified, with the windlass, as shown.V

- Y ORIN SKEEL. Witnesses:

EDWD. HUNT, l J'. N. FULLER.

when required, by the,

and winding up the cord, so as to take upon it a part of the weight. 

